GCF Acquisition Lead — Climate Finance & Partnerships

World Vision International; Victoria; Sur place; AUD 150 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

World Vision Australia seeks an experienced Green Climate Fund Acquisition Manager to lead the end-to-end pursuit of major climate finance opportunities. You will unite technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partner experts to develop investment-ready proposals from qualification to funding approval and contract handover.

You will drive strategy, quality, and timeliness in a highly international context, coordinating with GCF and internal stakeholders to secure large-scale

Qualifications

• Experience securing institutional donor funding and leading large-scale, multi-partner proposals.
• Expertise in proposal strategy, development, writing, editing and quality assurance.
• Strong stakeholder leadership across countries, cultures, organisations and technical disciplines.
• Sound commercial and financial acumen, including budgeting, co-financing arrangements and risk management.
• Experience managing donor assessment, clarification and negotiation through to contract signature.
• Exceptional project management skills with ability to manage competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in international development, climate finance, business, project management or related discipline.

Responsabilités

• Lead the end-to-end acquisition process for GCF opportunities, from qualification through to approval and contracting.
• Assess opportunity viability, strategic fit, competitiveness, delivery feasibility, partner readiness and acquisition risks.
• Build and coordinate multidisciplinary acquisition teams across technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partner experts.
• Drive development of high-quality, evidence-based funding proposals aligned with GCF investment criteria and World Vision requirements.
• Lead proposal strategy, content integration, review processes and quality assurance to ensure submission readiness.
• Coordinate engagement with GCF throughout assessment, handling questions, clarifications and conditions.
• Lead contract negotiations with Legal, Finance and technical stakeholders.
• Oversee pre-contract mobilisation activities, including budgets, implementation planning, staffing structures and partner commitments.
• Ensure seamless transition from acquisition to delivery via structured handover and stakeholder alignment.

Connaissances

Donor funding experience

Proposal strategy

Stakeholder leadership

Budgeting

Contract negotiation

Project management

Formation

Relevant tertiary qualifications in international development, climate finance, business or related discipline

Description du poste

World Vision Australia seeks an experienced Green Climate Fund Acquisition Manager to lead the end-to-end pursuit of major climate finance opportunities. You will unite technical, financial, programme, safeguards, legal and partner experts to develop investment-ready proposals from qualification to funding approval and contract handover.

You will drive strategy, quality, and timeliness in a highly international context, coordinating with GCF and internal stakeholders to secure large-scale